Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,565, Jeremiah Dixon, N.C.

SERVICE
N.6.
Dixon, Jeremiah
NUMBER
$10565
CONTENTS
carded:
This Envelope Includes
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

33171
Alabama No. Jeremiah Dixon, Sec. 6
of _____ in the State of _____ who was a priv _____ in the _____ commands by Captain _____ of the _____ commands by _____ in the Rev. War ★ line for 1842
★ N.C. Line. may 31/05.
Records completed. f.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mobile at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Ending 26 July 1835
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Sept 1833 and sent to A.W. Markland
Arrears to the 4th of Present Pension allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N.E. Robinson Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 8 Page 95

State of Alabama
Livingston County
On the twenty fifth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred thirty four personally appeared before Josiah Jones Judge of the County Court of the aforesaid County at a court held at Chambers
Jeremiah Dixon a resident of said State County aged about Twenty years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States in the year seventeen hundred seventy eight 1778 Volunteered for six months in the State of North Carolina under Capt. Gw. Salomon 1st. Stafford Lieutenant was in an engagement at Brier Creek (Georgia) with the British General Nash & Genl. Bryan Commanded served out my six months tour Volunteered a second time in the year seventeen hundred eighty one (1781) for twelve months Called twelve months Volunteers under Major Redding Blunt and Capt. Thomas Armstrong in North Carolina March and joined General Green at the high hills of Santee in South Carolina was ranked in the Second Regiment of the North Carolina Troops Col. Archibald Little Major Thomas Donahue & Attorney Sharp Captain Continental Officers of the S.C. V. Carolina Regiment which I was in was in the engagement with the British at the Eutaw Springs in the charge against the British at Detcheete Volunteered from the Green

Army and was then under the command of Col Wm Washington & Col Lee a Scout Served out my year and had a discharge signed by Major Thomas Donahoe & Anthony Sharp Capt in Salisbury North Carolina
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State whatever Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid (Signed) Jeremiah Dixon
The Court then propounded the following questions
1st When & in What year were you born? In Pitt County State North Carolina in the year Seventeen hundred sixty four (1764) 2nd Have you any record of your age &c Yes in my Book known as my own Book 3rd When were you living when called in to service In Pitt County & N Carolina where I resided until I moved to this State in the year 1815 4th How were you called in to service
Voluntarily
5th Give the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served Generals Nash & Bryan also Genl Green Cols Lee Washington & Little Major Donahoe &c
6th Did you ever receive a discharge &c Yes signed by Major Tho Donahoe & Capt Anthony Sharp - It was filled in the Land Office in North Carolina for the purpose of draw- ing Land in Tennessee as a bounty for my Revolutionary services

I am known in this county & settlement to a number who can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief as to my services as a Soldier of the Revolution Thomas M c Daniel Wm Hays & Thomas Finklea are old acquaintances and men of veracity I don't know now of any person or persons living who can testify that I can prove that I know of my services as a Soldier of the Revolutionary War Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Sig d Jeremiah Dixon
On this day personally appeared Jeremiah Dixon known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing application and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
(Sig d ) Josiah Jones Judge P.C.
I Bro d Hatheway Clerk of the Court of Covington County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Dixon for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of said Court the day and year first above written
Bro d Hatheway Clk
We Thomas M c Daniel William Hays and Thomas Finklea residents of aforesaid State & County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Dixon who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is reputed and believed in the

neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion
Given & Subscribed (Signed) the day & year aforesaid Thomas McDaniel William Hays Thomas Tinklea
And the Court do further Certify that it appears to them that Thomas McDaniel Wm Hays & Thomas Tinklea who has signed the preceding certificate are residents in the afor- said County and are Creditable persons and their testimony is entitled to Credit and that the Court concurs in their Opinion
(Signed) Josiah Jones Judge B.C.
I Br. Hathaway Clerk of the Court of Carrington County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said in the matter of the Application of Jeremiah Dixon for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court the day and year aforesaid
E Br. Hathaway Clk
Nov 30. 22.

Annah Dixon Elizabeth Goff was married the 10 th of August 1785 and on the 8 th of December 1786 with J o Dixon son of the above George Mary Jessel Daugh- ter was born the 11 th of April 1790 Elizabeth was born 26 of May 1793 about 5 o O'clock in the morning

Opelia was born August 23 1795 on Saturday at 4 o'clock in the morning
Anders was born 17 th of Novemb. or 1797 on Friday at 12 o'clock night
Anders was born the 31 st day of January 1801
John Bonafaste was born 18 th of May 1802

a The State of Alabama } Covington County }
I William T Acree Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County and State, do hereby certify that the annexed paper was this day presented to me as the family record of Jeremiah Dixon and wife and that the same is in the following words and figures to wit - "Jeremiah Dixon & Elisabeth Goff was married the 10 th of August 1785 and on the 8 of December 1788 Seth P Dixon son of the above was born, Mary first daughter was born 4 th of April 1790, Elisabeth L was born 26 of May 1793 about 5 o'clock in the morning, Sophia was born August 23 rd 1795 on Saturday at 4 o'clock in the morning, Rufus Wiley was born 17 of November 1797 on Friday at 12 o'clock at night, Sarah was born the 5 th day of January 1801 John Bonebrake was born 10 th of May 1804" And I further certify that the book from which said record was taken is the Holy Bible, and on a careful inspection of the same by me appears from the title page and other dates on it, to have been printed in the year 1791. Ordo MDCCXCI. and that said Bible bears the impress of age and in my opinion is the

family Dible and family record of Jeremiah Dixon and wife, and that the record herunto attached is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have herunto set my hand and the seal of said Probate Court at Andalusia in said County of Covington on this the sixteenth day of July A D 1853
Wm T. Acree. Judge of Probate.

State of Alabama } p Covington County. }
Be it known, That before me, Asa Carlin - a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared, Seth Dixon, Wiley Dixon, Jeremiah Dixon, Elizabeth Dimond and John B. Dixon, only surviving children and heirs-at-law of Jeremiah Dixon, deceased, and made oath in due form of law that they are the identical persons named in an original certificate in their possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy, and which said certificate is here- with surrendered.
Department of the Interior. Claim for Military Service I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June 1832, Jeremiah Dixon, deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary war, was entitled to receive at the rate of Forty dollars per annum, from 4th March 1831, to 26th July, 1835, when he died, and that the amount is now due, and payable to Seth Dixon, Wiley Dixon, Jeremiah Dixon, Elizabeth Dimond, and John B. Dixon, only surviving children of the said Jeremiah Dixon, deceased.
Sworn at the Department of the Interior, this 16th day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
Examined and countersigned, P. McLelland, L. P. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions. } Secretary of the Interior. That they reside in Covington County Alabama
and have resided there for the space of twenty years past, of the truth of which statements I am fully satisfied.
Seth Dixon Jeremiah Dixon Elizabeth X Dimond mark John B. Dixon Wiley Dixon
Witnesses to signing, John W. Siles E. Martin
FINAL OFFICE NOT

Sworn to and subscribed this 16 th day of September 1854 before me,
Asa Carter Justice of the Peace.
Know all men by these presents, That we, Seth Dixon, Wiley Dixon, Jeremiah Dixon, Elizabeth Diamond, and John B. Dixon, children of Jeremiah Dixon, deceased, named in the annexed certificate, do hereby constitute and appoint Thomas Ellison our true and lawful attorney, for us, in our name, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Mobile, Alabama
the pension of the said Jeremiah Dixon deceased, from the 4 th day of March, 1831, to the 26 th day of July 1835.
Witness our hands and seals, this 16 th day of Sept r 1854
Sealed and delivered in presence of
E. W. Martin John U. Siler
Seth Dixon Jeremiah Dixon Elizabeth Diamond John B. Dixon Wiley Dixon
State of Alabama Covington County } ss.
Be it known, That on the 16 th day of September 1854 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, in and for said County, personally appeared, Seth Dixon, Wiley Dixon, Jeremiah Dixon, Elizabeth Diamond, and John B. Dixon, above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be their act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my

Dixon, above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be their act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above mentioned.
Asa Carten Justice of the Peace.
State of Alabama Covington County. ss.
Be it known, That on the 12 th day of February 1855, before me, Epiphine person agent Justice of the Peace duly authorised by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Thomas Ellison the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that he had no interest whatever in the money he is authorised to receive, by virtue of the foregoing power of attorney, either by any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment, or transfer, and that he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of to any person whatever.
That Ellison being Sworn and subscribed, the day and year last above mentioned, before me.
J Perrine Asa Carten Pension Agent
The State of Alabama 3 George H Snowden of Covington County 3 Judge of Probate in and for said County do certify that Asa Carten Esquire whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing affidavit and power of attorney of John B Dixon and others was at the date thereof and is now an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County.
Given under my hand and seal of office at Moultonboro this 7 Feb A D 1855. George H Snowden Judge of Probate
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

State of _____ } p. County } S.
Clerk of the _____ Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Esq. is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the _____ day of _____ 18_____ ; and will expire on the _____ day of _____ 18_____ ; and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County, this _____ day of 1853.
Clerk.
Mobile February 12 th 1855 Rec d of J. Perrine agent for paying pensions One Hundred Seventy two dollars and twenty cents being for Four Years, 4 Months & 21 days pension due Jeremiah Dixon Children viz. Seth, Wiley, Jeremiah, Jr o 13 and Elizabeth Demone, from the 4 th March 1831 to the 26 July 1835 for which I have signed duplicate receipts.
Thos Wilson atty
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Approved from BAO

Jeremiah Wepou 10, Sept 22/58
Payment to be made at Mobile by James Perine Esq Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Mobile
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E 2 Vol- ume 8 Page 95 by N E Robinson Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 th June 1832, Jeremiah Dixon deceased, who was a Private in the Revolutionary War, was entitled to receive at the rate of Forty dollars per annum from 4 th March 1831 to 26 th July 1835, when he died, And that the amount is now due and payable to Seth Dixon, Wiley Dixon, Jeremiah Dixon, Elizabeth Simond and John B. Dixon, only surviving children of the said Jeremiah Dixon, deceased.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 18 th day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned. } S
Commissioner of Pensions.

30. 227.
Jeremiah Dixon Alabama
Return's
How J. H. Mardis H.
Ho of Rep.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
10 th April 1834
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jeremiah Dixon
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol 1778 6 Priv Col. H. Jones Gen. Nash 18 years Tradition arg.   1781. 1 Col. Armstrong Maj. Blunt Col. Little Maj. Donahoe Capt. Sharp North Carolina  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
This Militia Meno took in service 12 months under One draft as Voluntary Enlistment.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Jeremiah Dixon Alabama '32 Supt d
A. H. Markland Post
Commissioner.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS

No 1. ✓
Jeremiah Deyons
Heirs
From 4 th March 1831,
To 26 th July 1835.
4 years, 4 months &
21 days
$472 20

Add l wi: in case of Jeremiah Dixon
Alabama
Act 7 th June 1832
A. H. Markland Present
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commissioner.

Suspended
See letters to Wm. H. H. Hon. D. W. Lewis 25 Feb. 1835 do 28 March 35 St Markland Augt/5

Reyn
10565 INVALID.
File No. 10,565-
Jeremiah Dixon Revolutionary War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 96
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the state a- foresaid, do certify that it appears from the musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that Jeremiah Dixon a private in Captain Sharpes Company of the 10 th Regiment enlisted on the 15 th day of April 1781 for 12 months, and that he left the service on the 15 th day of April 1782.
Given under my hand this 3 rd day of March 1835
W. Hill

Jemima Dixon application for Pension
Affidavit: certificate of
William Keays & Margaret Dixon
died 26 July 1835

In State of Alabama Livingston County, ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been established before me William T. Acree, Judge of the Probate Court of said County, by the testimony given under oath of William Keay and Margaret Dixon, that Jeremiah Dixon was a Revolutionary soldier of the United States, that he died on or about the twenty six day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty five, leaving surviving him Elizabeth Dixon the widow of the said deceased, and Seth Dixon, Wiley Dixon, Jeremiah Dixon, Junior, Elizabeth Dixon (now Elizabeth Diamond), Louisaanna Dixon, (then Louisaanna Keay) and John B. Dixon, the only surviving children of the said deceased. And that the said widow died on or about the fifteenth day of June in the year 1840, leaving surviving her, Seth Dixon, Wiley Dixon, Jeremiah Dixon, Elizabeth Dixon, now Elizabeth Diamond, and John B. Dixon the only surviving children of the aforesaid widow.
In Testimony, whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this thirtieth day of April A. D. 1853. W. T. Acree Judge of Probate,

M. R. Dameron pension papers Jeremiah Dixon
Montgomery Ala 11th June 1834
Free
M rs Dixon W. Lewis Member of the Rep le Congress City Washington D.C.

Alabama
Livingston County
Munford 6th June 1834
Hon. Dixon H Lewis
Sir I am requested by Jeremiah Dixon to forward to you his papers containing his application for a pension under the provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 soliciting your attention to the same as one of your constituents. Your Certificate as to my Official Character is required according to the printed letter which was returned with the Declaration
I am respectfully
Your obedient Servant
J. B. Matthews
The Honorable Dixon H Lewis
Dear Sir
The Certificate of a Member of Congress seems required to establish the official acts of the Clerk of the County Court - there can be no opportunity to get such Certificate at this time in our State - I have been requested to state the fact to you and to say that Ebenezer Matthews who subscribes to the papers sent & the above letter is the Clerk of the County Court of Livingston County in the State of Alabama duly commissioned and qualified
Very respectfully your friend & Servant J. B. Matthews

In the matter of Jeremiah Dixon —
Declaration May 1834
Applicant alledges that he volunteered in 1778 for 6 mos d under Capt Falconer — and was in the Battle at River Creek (Ga.) — Volunteered again in 1781 — for 12 mos d Major Blount & Capt Armstrong — joined regular army under Genl Green and was attached to 2 nd Regiment N. C. State troops under Capt Anthony Sharp. Blount & Armstrong ret d to N. C. after we were placed under Sharp. I was in Battle at Cawaw Springs (8 Sept. 1781) — rec d a discharge in Salisbury signed by Major Donahoe & Capt Sharp, which discharge was sent to Office in N. C. for the purpose of drawing land.
Secretary of N. C. } Certifies that the Muster Rolls 3 March 1835 — } show that Jeremiah Dixon a Private in Capt Sharp's Co. of the 10 th Regiment enlisted 15 Ap r . 1871. Left Service Ap r . 15. 1782 12 months enlistment. —
This closes the testimony —

Mr. A. H. Markland Washington D.C.

The bearer Jeremiah Dixon has liberty to return home to Pitt County, he having served the term of time for which he was engaged for in the Second N. Carolina Batt. c and in Capt. Anthony Sharps Company his Discharge being sent to s d County from Head Quarters. Given in Salisbury this 13 th May 1784.
Anthony Sharp Capt.
Thos. Donoho Major N.C. Line
State of North Carolina,
Office of Secretary of State.
I William Hill Secretary of State, in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that the above is a true copy of a Discharge on file in this Office.
Given under my hand this 7 th day of Sept. r 1853.
W. Hill Secretary of State.

Raleigh 7 th Sept. 1853.
A. H. Markland Esq r
Dear Sir
There enclos a copy of Ser t Dixon's discharge, which I found filed with the papers, on which he drew a land warrant for 3 years services. You will please send me $1. - for this service.
Yours respectfully
W. D. Hill

Brief in the case of Jeremiah Dixon dec? County and State of Alabama act June 7 1832
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record proof of service, Documentary proof of marriage Certificates of birth as to death & heir- ship.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent A H Merklund Esq, Pererub
Thornton Diplett Examining Clerk.

Jeremiah Dixon
Ala.
Act 1832 susp?
A. H. Markland

State of Alabama County of Coventry
Be it Known, that on this fourth day of December A. D. 185 2 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared John B. Dixon
resident of Andalusia in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the legal heir of  the identical man who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of
that he is directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney, and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint C. W. BENNETT , of Washington City , my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of Jeremiah Dixon for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
John B. Dixon
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said John B. Dixon to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
C. M. Jordan Justice of the Peace
State of Alabama County of Coventry
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Judge of the Probate Court of said County that John B. Dixon the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney is the Child of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that C. M. Jordan Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office,
this Sixth day of December 185 2
12
Wm T Acree Judge of Probate
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3 "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

Washington, May 11th 1853.
Hon S. P. Waldo,
Comm ee of Pensions,
I herewith inclosed ad- ditional evidence in the case of Jeremiah Dixon, of Alabama, under act 1832 Suspended. I respect- fully request an examination of the case & a re- port be made to me.
I Am Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt A. H. Markland

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I, WILLIAM HILL, Secretary of State, in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State, in the Revolutionary War, that Jeremiah Dixon a private soldier in Capt. Sharpes Company of the 10 th Regiment, entered the service on the 15 th day of April 1781 , for the term of twelve months , and left the service on the 15 th April 1782 .
Given under my hand this 28 th day of February 18 53 18 53
W. Hill Secy of State

Jeremiah Dixon Dec?
ad al June 7 1832
12 dls pr $40
per annum from
4 March 1831 to
26 July 1835-
when he died.
Pay to. Seth Dixon.
Wiley Dixon, Jeremiah
Dixon for Elizabeth
Simonds & John B
Dixon.
Surviving Children
Cert-0
A. H. Marklandly
Present

Jeremiah Dyer, Amendment to Declaration

State of Alabama Livingston County
On the twenty second day of May 1834
Personally appeared before Josiah Jones Judge of the County Court of said County at a Court held at Chambers - Jeremiah Dixon the maker and signer of the accompanying Declaration under date of 25th March 1834 - And after being duly sworn on his oath answered the following questions propounded by the Court as an amendment to his former Declaration - Question - How were you called into service of the revolutionary war
Answer - Voluntarily enlisted in Pitt County North Carolina
Q - State the names of some of the Regular Officers under whose Command you served - and the General circumstances of your services
A - I first volunteered in the year 1778 for six months under Capt. Geo. Falconer & Lieut. Seth Stafford marched direct to Georgia was in a battle against the British at Brier Creek (Georgia) Gen. Nash and Gen. Bryan were Commanding Officers was in Georgia most of the six months as a private soldier in the field I volunteered a second time in the year 1781 for twelve months under Major Reding Blount & Capt. Thomas Armstrong in North Carolina was marched by said Officers direct to the regular Army Commanded by Gen. Green at the high hills of Santee in South Carolina was formed in the second Regiment of the North Carolina State troops under

The following Regular Officers (viz) Col l Archibald Little Major Thomas Donahoe & Capt Anthony Sharp Commanded the twelve Months Volunteer Company that I was in Major Redding Blunt & Capt Thomas Armstrong returned back to North Carolina after we were received by the Regular Officers I was in the engagement with the British at the Eutaw Springs & in the Charge against them at Dotscher's turned out as Scouter a while from the Main Army under the Command of Col l W m Washington & Col l Lee - Served on my time as a private Soldier in the field and the greater part of the twelve months in South Carolina, received a discharge in Salisbury North Carolina signed by Major Thomas Donahoe & Capt Anthony Sharp which Discharge I sent to the Secretaries Office in North Carolina for the purpose of Drawing Land in the State of Tennessee - My name must be on the Rolls of Capt Anthony Sharp's Company of twelve Months Volunteers in the 2 d Regiment of North Carolina State Troops -
Q - During the time that you were enlisted were you employed in any Civil pursuit - A - No - The Year and six months was wholly spent in the service of the Army of the Revolu- tion and for such service I claim a pension (Signed) Jeremiah Dixon
And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the investigation of the Matter & find that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that the Opinion is General that

Jeremiah Dixon served his Country in the Revolutionary war as a Soldier no doubt, to the contrary were reported to my knowledge
(Signed) Isaiah Jones Judge of the County Court Covington County
I Wm H Athewey Clerk of the above named Court do hereby certify that the foregoing containing the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Dixon for a pension is true to the best of my knowledge whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of said Court the day and year aforesaid
Wm H Athewey Clk
600
Mr J L Edwards -
In if the above be not considered a seal of the County - I know not in what manner it can be made known to you that Ebenezer Athewey is Clerk of the County Court of Covington County - of the fact I have no question though I have never seen him sign his name - but I have often seen his official signature & I enclose a letter from him also the statement of J W Devereaux the Postmaster with whose signature & respectability I am well acquainted - that he is the acting Clerk -
Alison H Lewis
Feby 28 th 1835 -